THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 21. 1918. "
IE MAKERS PREACH
PhiladelpliiaTuts
areges which may receive ears or per
mit them to ; leave, but eaa give no
other service. This action, decided upon
by the local automobile dealers, is to
conserve materials artd release man
power, for the war industries.
' . - Tests. Lubricants . "'
A machine for testing lubricants and
their durability when in contact with
TRUCKS AID POLK ROAD WORK
EN TOUR. IN COMMERCIAL CAR
; In Buy, Early Law
Philadelphia. July 10. . N. 8.V-M0-
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ECONOMY TC
torists in Philadelphia cannot buy gaso
line, oil or tires after f o'clock In the eve
nings or 00 Bund ays. The only motor
SAYS AKRON
FOR PARCEL POST
places permitted ' to remain opeM are
steam ia an Englishman's invention.
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MOTOR SERVIC
PATRONS
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VISITOR
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L L. King, Advertising Man for
- Goodyear People, Making His
. First Trip to Oregon. ; ,
Department "Asks Congress; for
' Permission, to Turn. Part of
. Fund Toward Road Building,
BETTER flOADS NEEDED HERE
Postoffic' Department Finds No
J- 50-Mile Stretch From City Fit
' for Establishment of Service.
The successful operation of the motor
parcel pott eervlce by the postal fJepart
ment la indicated In a report submitted
by the department to congress In sup-
" Jrt of -a ' Joint resolution permitting
- the postofflce department to expend BO
per cent of the gross earnings of the
motor parcel post business In the build
':', inr of pout roads throughout the United
Y States. -' - - : '
The report rovers the operation of
eight route's between December 1, 1917,
and Mar 31, 191S. It shows gross earn
ings of $304,436 per year or approxlmate
; IyHO.000 per year, for each of the eight
routes..- Trucks operating over, the
routes traversed 201,811 miles of high-
way at an average cost of a little over
If cents per mile.
: ;.': "'V "Better Hoses Are Reeded
The success and efficiency of the sys
; tern , depend on three conditions. The
first is the interest and cooperation of j
the patrons. The second Is economical :
" operation. .The third is proper highways
-. tver which to operate. The" first two
; cjondltlons have been met To establish
the third and most essential condition
it is now proposed to spend half, of
, the , gross earnings In road building
' throughout the country. It is owing to
1 highway conditions that the service has
.Dot yet been established In Oregon. It
was ; proposed once to establish two
;. routes out of Portland, but a survey of
the, highway . conditions made by the
- United States office of public roads
showed that In no direction could a
good road be bad for a distance of 50.
: miles, the length of the routes.
There were stood stretches here and
-there, but between them were links
which were not adapted for the pro-
; posed use. For this reason the estab
lishment of the routes was postponed
'. until' Oregon has better roads. Expe-
rtence has shown that unless the road
can be, used every day In the year the
. operation of the service can not be made
a financial success.
Thonnand Ilontes ITned ia East
The resolution now before congress
has for Its purpose a system of roads
" which will be available for motor truck
; traffio at any time. Inasm.cn as it Is
shown 'that there in a profit to the gov
ernment from this service, it is re
garded as hardly fair , that the various
., states should stand the cost of building
and ' maintaining the highways over
which it will operate. It is therefore
suggested that the service pay for Its
.. own roads. The intention is to have the
plan carried on in conjunction with the
. various states, but it is not Intended in
any sense to replace routes which the.
Various states are building or to Inter-1
fere with systems already built.
-' East of the Mississippi river there are
1000 routes. On the basis of figures
compiled by the 'postal department these,
would bring In a gross revenue of
$40,000,000 annually! Fifty per cent of
r this would give $20,000,000 for the con
. -' struction and maintenance of national
.. highways. The addition of 5000 routes
west of the Mississippi would raise the
earning power of the entire system to
, t40O.000.000 per year, which is more than
the total postal revenues at this time.
Sew Rowtes Wonld Cat Profits
It has been suggested that these new
route would cut down present postal
revenues to a onslderable extent, but
assuming that there are 1000 routes
which would not Interfere with the
" postal revenues. then the surplus earn
. Ings of these 1000 routes would in due
time build and 'maintain the system.
; , Such a, system of highways would not
only he oft great value to the transpor
tation of parcel post, but also would
- be a great national asset It would
make a valuable addition to the sys
tem of national defense' and would
furnish means for carrying the in-
crfeaalnr motor truck traffic " necessl
." taisd by the lack of other forms of
transportation.
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To Remove Play
In removing play from rod bearings
hy reducing shim thickness, great, care
should - be exercised to get each rod
,. bearing; as free as every other bearing.
. To make one bearing tight and another
. rather free in movement is courting
.. trouble, for in most cases is will be
found that a knock will result. "
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Duplex four wheel drive truck,
When Judge E. C. Kirkpatrick and
Conrvmissioners Manston and Beckert of
Polk county were planning5 this year's
war work, they were confronted by a
proDiem or nign naming costs. On onei
stretch of work 4the cost of hauling
gravel by teams was $3- per yard
and on another it was J6, in consequence
they turned to the motor truck.
Gettiner in' tnurti ulih or. nn
hauling problems from the Northwest
jxuio company, iney made their- first
start by purchasing a Duplex four
wheel drive truck ,and a month later
added a three and a-half ton Indiana
truck, and are now hauling the gravel
for 40 cents her vard that kkum
cost $3 by teams and for 75 cents
mat wouia nave cost 6, due to each
truck carrying four yards to a load
and making four round trips per day.
HALF PUT-TO TEST
Maxwell Vice President Tells
Dealers of Faith in Power of
Industry to 'Win the War.
"The whole question of war work is
a question of speeding up. America has
never yet exerted herself industrially,
while we have apparently done wonders.
It has come easy and there never yet
has been a strain on our industrial
plants in the east. There have been un
certainties. We will Admit hit
tual production, by speeding up, theN
ui eu-oii atone can build more
war work and still produce enough
automobiles to take care of the demands
of this country than the government
can possibly ship out of Detroit or
send from New York or Boston harbor
to France.
This Is the message of T. J. Toner,
vice president and director of sales of
the Maxwell factory to a keenly inter
ested audience of the Maxwell dealers.
Mr. Toner told of his indomitable faith
" the power of American industrv
Bargains in All Standard
Mxl Firestone .........
tOxl Bowers
Six Tltalie
Sext Bendrie
SOxS MeGraw
88xJ Congress Skid ....
80xt Tltalie Skid
SOxtH Firestone Skid
ttxSH Keystone Skid
Ssxttt Tltalie Skid
SOxSH Congress Skid
lxi MeGraw Skid
SOxSVi Hnperbar Skid
SOxSVfc Bowers Skid
SOxtH Brander Skid . . . . ,
92x8 Vi Goodyear Q. B...,
SSxSH Coagress Skid..:.,
SSxSVs Tietor Springfield
laxlVi Republic Skid
SSxSV AJax Plain Q.
SlxSVa Coagress Skid ....
tlx TItaiic Skid .......
tlx Cosgreis Skid .....
tlx4 Laacaster Skid ...
8x4 Congress Skid ..,
Sio.eo
S13.60
-JR13.50
S11.80
..$10.50
.911.85
$13.75
$15.95
$13.95
$17.95
$15.75
$14.95
iis.no
19.75
16.90
3.00
17.75
21.25
14.90
.$26.50
$23.55
$23.90
$24.25
INDUSTRIAL FORCE
OF AMERICA IS NOT
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TUBES
8xS Red
8xSH Red
SixSVi Red
81x4 Red
8ix4 Red
88x4 Red
81x4 Red
86x4 . Red
8x4 Red
86x4H Red
Tsbes.......
Tabes. ,
Tsbes.......
Tubes.......
Tabes
Tabes
Tabes.......
Tsbes..... ,
Tsbes.
Tsbes.......
2.35
.25
$3.35
$3.60
$3.95
S4.00
4.25
4.35
4.40
5.25
KOKOMO TIRES
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Mail orders promptly filled. State
331 ; Burnside St.,
Portland
t
u$ed in Polk county road work.
as against one yard tb the load and
ona trip per day . by tearfl, on one long
haul of 17 miles.
Every operation of getting the gravel
from the bed of Mill creek is so ef
ficiently coordinated that their season's
work will show a record for low cost
Three teams and scrapers dump the
gravel on a platform directly over the
crusher "which one man - feeds with
a shovel. From the crusher the gravel
is taken by an endless chain of car
riers up to the hoppers, from which
the trucks are loaded by drivers. The
entire cost of getting the gravel from
the creek bed to the Job. three miles
away, is 90' cents per yard.
From the creek bed to the road there
are several long, steep grades, but
the Duplex and Indiana trucks have
nver faltered In the work and neither
one has lost an hour's work for repairs.
to win the war by added efforts rather
than by dropping peace-time tasks.
How TJ. 8. Is Aided
"When anyone says that the auto
mobile manufacturer or the man in
Detroit does not care for the war, does
not know we are at war. is not suffici
ently interested, the best answer we can
give him is that we have sent 42,000
from that city to camps and over to
France, and, believe me, we are inter
ested. The automobile industry or any
business in Detroit interferes in no way
witn tne successful prosecution of the
war.
"Perhaps you cannot understand how
the automobile manufacturers can do
everything that the government asks of
them and still produce automobiles, but'
wer' can. As yet there is not an auto
mobile factory in Detroit working over
eight hours a day, and there are 24
hours a day. The automobile fac
tories of Detroit are at work on $780,
000,000 worth of war contracts, and are
producing munitions as fast as the gov
ernment wants them or can take care of
them.
"They say the labor question will
bother us, we claim it won't We find
In Detroit, that there is .plenty -of
labor, properly handled. We have Just
had 200,000 women in the city of De
troit registered for war work. We have
2600 at our own plant earning more
money than they ever did, working
shorter hours, and I believe healthier
and happier than they ever were before.
Of course there is a lot of work they
cannot do and we do 'not want them to
do, but we have not yet begun to use
half the labor that is available in this
country. . -Fewer
Automobiles Made
"I do ndt mean to say that we are
Makes of Tires and Tubes
88x4 Montford 8kid
8Sx4 Bendrie Plain
88x4 Bendrie Skid
88x4 Tltalie Skid ......
88x4 Goodyear Plain
88x4 K a per bar Q. D...,,
84x4 Ajax Kon-Skld
84x4 Savage Non-Skid.
84x4 Springfield Bib...
8x4 Congress Skid
84x4 Goodyear Plain ..,
84x4 Keystone SkM ...
34x4"4 Baiavla, Skid .....
34x4 RepBblie Skid ...
S6x4Vfa Congress Skid ...
8Sx4H Firestone Skid ...
85x44 Springfield Skid! .
36x4 MeGraw Skid . I.
3x4i Pallmen Skid ...
87x6 MeGraw Skid
87xi Imperial Skid
87x8 Blaekstone
87x8 Firestone Cord ..
87x6 Congress .........
87x4H Bendrie Skid
86x6 Batavla Bib......
86x6 Marathon
123.45
24.85
128.50
27.75
21.40
2A.411
2fi.RA
$29.50
25.80
28.75'
$19.50
.32.95
35.50
S.. $35.95
$34.50
$38.50
39.50
39.50
$39.50
. -$39.50
..$30.50
..$49.50
$39.50
142.75
$42.50
$39.85
Grey Tsbes.......
Grey Tsbes.......
Grey Tsbes.......
Grey Tsbes..
Grey Tsbes..
Grey Tsbes
Grey Tsbes
Grey Tsbes
Grey Tsbes
Grey .Tabes. ......
80x8
S0XSV4
82x8 H
84x8V
81x4
88x4
88x4
84x4
88x4
8xl
!2.10
13.00
$3.25
53.75
53.50
4.00
M.OO
54. 50
54.35
54.35
- wm allow
rise asd style of ris.
Portland, Oregon
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Tire economy and tlrv conservation Is
being preached by the Goodyear Tire &
Rubber company, says l I King of
Akron. Ohio, manager 6f the advertising
department, who is making a tafi of th
Coast agencies in order to become fa
miliar with local conditions.
"It Is one of the main objects of our
advertising campaign this year," he said,
"to impress upon the users on automo
bile tires the necessity of conserving
them. The. value of a, tire is in the laat
thousand miles. , At first .thought it
might be wondered at that those en
gaged In the business of 'making tires
would be interested in educating the
owner-of an automobile to take better
care of his - tires. This view is wrong.
We, as manufacturers, are more inter
ested in giving our customers satisfac
tion than in the amount of sales. -
"Another reason apart from this is
that conditions attendant upon the war
make.lt necessary that the rubber sup
ply be conserved as much as possible.
Every automobile owner can contribute
to this by careful attention to the con
dition of his. tires, making timelA re
pairs before they get beyond the repair
stage." ,
This is Mr. King's first visit to the
Pacific Coast, and, like all-others who
see the country for the first time, he
is much Impressed with its scenic beau
ties, and incidentally its fruits and natu
ral resources. "I never tire looking at
the mountains,", he observes. "They:
certainly are some mountains. Back
East we .have what we call mountains,
but they are-only hills compared with
yours."
Another source of wonder to Mr. King
is the silver coins in - circulation. I
common with others accustomed to the
use of small currency, he does not take
kindly to it and thinks that in this re
spect the East is ahead of the West -
golng-to build, or that any of the com
panies are . going to build as many au
tomobiles as we built last year. But I
have had men say to me, "But you have
factories thoroughly equipped for quan
tity production methods for war work,
and it is more Important that we get
that out That is very true, and I be
lieve today that practically every foot of
space and machine tool equipment in
the automobile industry that can be suc
cessfully used for war work is being
used for war work, but in any big plant
specializing in quantity production there
is a lot of special equipment that has
cost millions of dollars and that cannot
be used for war work or for anything
else-but for what It was designed. Now
as those things are explained to our
government officials they have too much
sense to want to ruin the manufacturer
with this sort of equipment to want to
cause industrial or labor traiMM
V anything else that would be caused by
uiscaraing mis equipment
Brake Xiaing Hint
The use of SDllt rtveta tnutaA n tv.
solid type makes the operation of re
llnninsr the brakes vafv nn m,,s.t
simpler. The rivets are inserted so that
the heads are against the metal hands.
The split end is opened out and sinks
into the lining. A round steel bar in
serted into the Jaws of the vise makVs
an ideal tool for spreading the split
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Frand Dee Marshall-and family, motor from os Angeles to Portland la
' .' ; Dodge -Commercial car..
Frank Dee Marshall, Dodge Bros, agent
in Southern California, reached Portland
last week in a Dodge commercial car
which he has outfitted for touring in
such a- manner that two, beds could be
made up inside the car, affording sleep
ing accommodations for himself, wife
and three children. All the baggage and
provisions were carried underneath the
beds.. In the day time the children and
even the old faithful collie dog, "Pal"
rode in on top of the beds making a
roomy as well as a good safe place for
the kiddies
The trip was made by easy stages
the party having left Los Angeles on
July 4 going through Bouquet Canyon
instead of via the Ridge route, which
Dee Marshall declared to be bad in
places The tourists were especially en
thusiastic over the splendid free auto
camps encountered on the way first of
which was situated at Tulare. There they
found electric lights, a good stove, run
ning water and even firewood already
cut and split. An attendant in charge
made them feel more than at home. The
next camp, which was only fair in ac
commodations, was at 'Ceres, CaL, but
Sacramento could have easily been made
the second day out front Los Angeles had
there not been so great a temptation to
tarry longer than necessary at-Tulare.
At Sacramento they found a wonder
ful camp located in Lincoln park. Every
conceivable accommodation was fur
nished free by the city of Sacramento for
tourists. There are tents, stoves, ftre
wood. a, swimming pool, shower baths
F. Q B. ALLEISTTOWN. PA.
NORTHWEST AUTO COMPANY
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wash rack wbere the - industrious mav
vash; their cars. If you. happen to be
there on Saturday nlrht von .r. ntr
alned with a free dance, excellent music
ana aii, almost at the camp grounds
The next stop of the Marshall party
was at Red Bluff, whexe they camped
on the banks of the Sacramento river and
indulged in a refreshing, swim.
The trip from Sacramento to Red Bluff
was made through Davis which al
though a little longer way round, afforded
much beter roads ' Pavement was en
countered from Red Bluff to Redding,
but from there on to Dunsmulr a bad
stretch made traveling difficult and an
entire day of it left the travelers mighty
weary. At Dunsmulr were a few "just
fair" camp grounds. The trip from Duns
mulr to Ashland was a pleasant day's
run as was the next day from Ashland to
Roseburg. Roseburg and Ashland both
boast of splendid camp grounds the
former having running water and free
electric stoves Roseburg to Monroe was
the next run and from there an easy
day's trip brought them to Portland
allowing on the way plenty of time to see
our capital city.
Mr. Marshall was more than disap
pointed in not finding a camp place in
Portland.
The entire trip was made without a bit
of motor trouble, and distillate ' was
burned throughout, averaging little bet
ter than 21 miles per gallon, and about
500 miles per gallon of olL,
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